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Photographer’s Note

It must have been quite an encouragement for Koentje to see on the first of the 14 hills of de ronde van Vlaanderen/Tour de Flandre. The flat country gets nasty steep here in the Flemish Ardennes

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Buin (37656) 2009-06-16 23:45

Hallo gerrit!
An intriguing photo - even in the small version. Here I like especially the composition with this diagonal of the street and this very green landscape. These red trikots area beautiful addition here.
Greetings from Germany!
Frank

snunney (34884) 2009-06-17 0:43

Hello Gerrit,
The colourfully dressed cyclists add much to the mood and make an interesting addition to this fine landscape composition. I like the point of view looking across the fields towards the little village. Pleasing soft light and good colours.

Vasa (5500) 2009-06-17 1:46

Dear friend Gerrit,

nice seen and realized. Superb country motif.

My friendship this time from the south of Serbia. See you soon with pleasure!

Branko

delkoo (34296) 2009-06-17 1:50

hi gerrit,

nice place for cycling, it must be very confortable to training in a such landscape.

regards
didier

AiresSantos (42120) 2009-06-17 2:09

Hi Gerrit
Fine daily life picture with the cyclists. I like the perspective, colourfully dressed and the words in the road
Well seen and done
Have a nice day

Budapestman (41920) 2009-06-17 2:56

Hi Gerrit,
Photo with splendid atmosphere. The composition is very attractive, beautiful view and lovely details (on the road too). Have a nice day!
George

ChrisJ (70231) 2009-06-17 4:14

Hello Gerrit

The diagonal road adds both good lead in lines & excellent linear perspective, and dynamism. Nice catch of the cyclists in red. Splendid sharpness & an amusing message scrawled on the road. Tfs!

ciakgiak (10698) 2009-06-17 9:43

Hello Gerrit,
this is a really nice shot, you had a great timing here, the composition is perfect. Magnificent place this one, with the pleasant precence of the cyclists.
Have a great day.
Giorgio

rodgerg (24091) 2009-06-17 11:35

Goed avond Gerrit,

A very nice landsacep with the barrier and the way which give a prospect effect. Great depht too with the village, the fields and the trees in the BG.
The four bikers give an element of life nad too nice colours which arise very well in the image.
Vreindelijk,
Roger

Kielia (8501) 2009-06-17 11:42

Hi Gerrit,
a pleasant impression from the tour and from this wonderful landscape, nicely composed with very gentle colors and interesting contrasts. TFS!
Warm regards
Harriet

ghilain (1714) 2009-06-18 0:41

Hello Gerrit,

Very good composition!
Bikes and the red jerseys are an interesting attractionvof the photo.

Je hebt het goed gedaan ter bevordering van de Ronde van Vlaanderen !

tot ziens

brigitte

Good day

brigitte

Nicou (44829) 2009-06-18 6:56

Hello,

Merveilleuse vue, ce cycliste sur cette petite route, avec la belle campagne, la belle végétations, suprbe image, le rouge de leur maillot ressort à merveille.

bravo et amitié

Nicou

lucasgalodoido (16603) 2009-06-18 9:47

Olá Gerrit,
parece ser um local bem agradável para andar de bicicleta mesmo, gostei da rua estreita e da paisagem ao fundo.
Parabéns e Abraço

gunbud (27879) 2009-06-18 17:34

Hi Gerrit,
The brightly clad cyclist make an excellent lead-in to this fine countryside image.
The lush green rolling hills contrast nicely with the blue sky.
Regards, Tom

pastadog (12821) 2009-06-19 3:53

Nice light and colors here, and good compo using the path... the wire is a little bit disturbing, maybe a crop from the top?

stego (22352) 2009-06-19 10:02

Hi Gerrit,

From now on, every time I hear saying that the region where I come from is flat, I'll show them this "nasty steep". :-D I understand how hard these apparently smooth slopes can be for cyclists, that's one of the reasons I give to myself for rarely bringing the bicycle to such kind of terrain.

About the photo: besides its good value as documentary, the view is really beautiful, it's well composed and the red shirts make a nice contrast with all that green.

Regards,
José

Angshu (33645) 2009-07-01 21:24

Hello Gerrit
Thanks for taking us through the route of the Tour..like the diagonal here & the contrast between the red jerseys with the green. As you rightly said this area suddenly is quite steep unexpectedly in an otheriwse flat country. Well done!
Regards
Angshu

Photo Information

Copyright: Gerrit van der Linden (Gerrit) (35707)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-06-13
Camera: Canon EOS 400 D, Tamron 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II, B+W 62mm Circular Polarizer
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/80 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-06-16 22:49